The Vince Coglianese Show

Monday 4/15/19: MD Comptroller Peter Franchot, Joe diGenova, Fox's Peter Doocy and Jeff Dove

BEST OF: Gregg Jarrett, Tom Fitton, Mark Krikorian, Ilhan Omar's 9/11 comments and AOC's love the DC metro

INTERVIEW - Supervisor PAT HERRITY for the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors (R-Springfield)

TOPIC: Fairfax County is considering creating a taxpayer-funded legal defense fund for immigrants caught in deportation proceedings. (Washington Post) -- Fairfax County is considering creating a taxpayer-funded legal defense fund for immigrants caught in deportation proceedings, part of a growing effort by local governments to counter the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants. At a county Board of Supervisors budget hearing Wednesday, advocates argued that a proposed $200,000 pilot program aimed at assisting low-income immigrants — both undocumented and those in the country legally — would send a strong message that Virginia’s most populous jurisdiction doesn’t agree with the spike in immigration arrests that has spread fear in local communities. “Fairfax has an opportunity to be a regional leader in ensuring that its immigrant residents have access to due process in our nation’s immigration courts,” Jose Magaña-Salgado, an immigration consultant with the Masa Group, told the supervisors. He said that as a beneficiary of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which the White House is trying to eliminate, “I am acutely aware of the need for legal representation for vulnerable immigrants.” The legal aid program, which also would educate eligible immigrants about their rights, “will help some,” said Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville), who co-sponsored a motion to create the fund with Supervisor Jeffrey C. McKay (D-Lee). “But it’s not the be-all, end-all, because it’s not a lot of money, given the need.” Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal agency in charge of removal proceedings, does not keep statistics based on local jurisdictions. But data compiled by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University found that about 12,000 Fairfax County residents were in deportation proceedings late last year. About a third of the county’s 1.1 million residents are immigrants.

INTERVIEW - BRET BAIER - Anchor of Special Report on Fox News Channel, weekdays at 6 pm

TOPICS:

-- News of the day

-- MUST SEE: Fox's town hall on Monday with Sen. Bernie Sanders at 6:30 PM -- Bret will be co-anchoring the event with Martha MacCallum in Pennsylvania.

- Fox News' Bret Baier, of "Special Report," and Martha MacCallum, of "The Story," will co-anchor the hour-long event. It will be the Vermont senator's first appearance on Fox News Channel since he agreed to be a guest on Baier's show in December 2018. The Sanders town hall will take place on Monday, April 15 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

INTERVIEW - DIANA MAYHEW - President - National Cherry Blossom Festival

>> PREVIEW The National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade this weekend

When: Saturday, April 13, 2019

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Where: Constitution Avenue

From 7th to 17th St NW

ABOUT THE CHERRY BLOSSOM PARADE: https://nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/event/parade/

INTERVIEW - RYAN ELLIS - Forbes columnist, tax policy expert and owns a tax preparation service in the Washington, DC area @RyanLEllis

Ryan Ellis is an “Enrolled Agent,” which means the IRS has designated him as one of the top tax experts practicing today. He owns a tax preparation service in the Washington, DC area

TOPIC: Tax Day Preview: A lot of people will be doing taxes this weekend for Tax Day deadline. Discuss tax tips and what to know about filing this year

- Tax tips: What you need to know about filing your taxes

INTERVIEW - DR. JEROME CORSI - author of Silent No More: How I Became a Political Prisoner of Mueller’s “Witch Hunt"

TOPIC: React to Assange's arrest

Dr. Jerome Corsi Responds to the Arrest of Julian Assange

Following the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in London this morning, author and investigative reporter Dr. Jerome Corsi took to Facebook and Twitter to respond:

"If I had lied & connected Stone to Assange, Deep State would have had what they needed to pull Trump out of the Oval Office in handcuffs the way Assange was pulled out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London today - by the London police with Assange in handcuffs."

Dr. Corsi was pulled into the Mueller investigation in the Fall of last year regarding his alleged involvement with Julian Assange. Mueller’s team believed that Dr. Corsi had served as an intermediary between Trump advisor Roger Stone and Assange in the release of 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta’s e-mails, a charge Dr. Corsi denied. Charges against Dr. Corsi were eventually dropped due to an overwhelming lack of evidence, but Dr. Corsi is still fighting back after his privacy was compromised as he was subjected to over 40 hours of interrogation.

Dr. Corsi details his experience with Mueller’s prosecutors in his new book Silent No More: How I Became a Political Prisoner of Mueller’s “Witch Hunt.”

Friday 4/12/19: Dr. Jerome Corsi, tax expert Ryan Ellis, National Cherry Blossom Festival's Diana Mayhew, Fairfax County Supervisor Pat Herrity and Bret Baier

Friday 4/12/19: Dr. Jerome Corsi, tax expert Ryan Ellis, National Cherry Blossom Festival's Diana Mayhew, Fairfax County Supervisor Pat Herrity and Bret Baier

Friday 4/12/19: Dr. Jerome Corsi, tax expert Ryan Ellis, National Cherry Blossom Festival's Diana Mayhew, Fairfax County Supervisor Pat Herrity and Bret Baier